Joe Cribbs

Joe Stanier Cribbs

Position: RB
Height: 5-11 Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: January 5, 1958 in Sulligent, AL
College: Auburn

3-time Pro Bowler

Drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 2nd round (29th overall) of the 1980 Draft

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View Details For: 43 Regular Season and 3 Playoff TDs Scored / 1 Regular Season TD Thrown

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · · · · Playoffs · 100/300/100

						Rushing							Receiving
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1980*	22	BUF	RB	16	16	306	1185	11	48	3.9	74.1	19.1	52	415	8.0	1	21	3.3	25.9	1600	12	16
1981*	23	BUF	RB	15	15	257	1097	3	35	4.3	73.1	17.1	40	603	15.1	7	65	2.7	40.2	1700	10	12
1982	24	BUF	RB	7	6	134	633	3	62	4.7	90.4	19.1	13	99	7.6	0	31	1.9	14.1	732	3	5
1983*	25	BUF	RB	16	16	263	1131	3	45	4.3	70.7	16.4	57	524	9.2	7	33	3.6	32.8	1655	10	6
1985	27	BUF	RB	10	5	122	399	1	16	3.3	39.9	12.2	18	142	7.9	0	23	1.8	14.2	541	1	5
1986	28	SFO	RB	14	10	152	590	5	19	3.9	42.1	10.9	35	346	9.9	0	33	2.5	24.7	936	5	5
1987	29	SFO		11	2	70	300	1	20	4.3	27.3	6.4	9	70	7.8	0	16	0.8	6.4	370	1	1
1988	30	2TM	/RET	13	0	5	21	0	11	4.2	1.6	0.4								21	0	1
		MIA	RET	12	0	5	21	0	11	4.2	1.8	0.4								21	0	1
		IND		1	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0	0	0
Career				102	70	1309	5356	27	62	4.1	52.5	12.8	224	2199	9.8	15	65	2.2	21.6	7555	42	51
5 yrs		BUF		64	58	1082	4445	21	62	4.1	69.5	16.9	180	1783	9.9	15	65	2.8	27.9	6228	36	44
2 yrs		SFO		25	12	222	890	6	20	4.0	35.6	8.9	44	416	9.5	0	33	1.8	16.6	1306	6	6
1 yr		MIA		12	0	5	21	0	11	4.2	1.8	0.4								21	0	1

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · · ·

						Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1980*	22	BUF	RB	16	16	29	154	0	16	5.3	2	39	0	20	19.5	1793
1987	29	SFO		11	2						13	327	1	92	25.2	697
1988	30	2TM	/RET	13	0						41	863	0	44	21.0	884
		MIA	RET	12	0						41	863	0	44	21.0	884
Career				102	70	29	154	0	16	5.3	56	1229	1	92	21.9	8938
5 yrs		BUF		64	58	29	154	0	16	5.3	2	39	0	20	19.5	6421
2 yrs		SFO		25	12						13	327	1	92	25.2	1633
1 yr		MIA		12	0						41	863	0	44	21.0	884

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · · · Playoffs · 100/300/100

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	NY/A	ANY/A
1980*	22	BUF	RB	16	16	1	1	100.0	13	0	0.0	0	0.0	13	13.0	13.0	13.0	0.8	118.7	13.0	13.0
1981*	23	BUF	RB	15	15	1	1	100.0	9	1	100.0	0	0.0	9	9.0	19.0	9.0	0.6	143.7	9.0	19.0
1982	24	BUF	RB	7	6	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	-45.0
1983*	25	BUF	RB	16	16	1	2	50.0	3	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.2	56.2	1.5	1.5
Career				102	70	3	5	60.0	25	1	20.0	1	20.0	13	5.0	-2.0	8.3	0.2	72.9	5.0	-2.0

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · · ·

							Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
1980*	22	BUF	RB	16	16								16	1	-7	0
1981*	23	BUF	RB	15	15								12	1	0	0
1982	24	BUF	RB	7	6								5	2	-9	0
1983*	25	BUF	RB	16	16								6	1	0	0
1985	27	BUF	RB	10	5								5	1	0	0
1986	28	SFO	RB	14	10								5	1	0	0
1987	29	SFO		11	2								1	0	0	0
1988	30	2TM	/RET	13	0								1	0	0	0
		MIA	RET	12	0								1	0	0	0
Career				102	70								51	7	-16	0
5 yrs		BUF		64	58								44	6	-16	0
2 yrs		SFO		25	12								6	1	0	0
1 yr		MIA		12	0								1	0	0	0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	KR TD	Pts
1980*	22	BUF	RB	16	16	11	1		72
1981*	23	BUF	RB	15	15	3	7		60
1982	24	BUF	RB	7	6	3			18
1983*	25	BUF	RB	16	16	3	7		60
1985	27	BUF	RB	10	5	1			6
1986	28	SFO	RB	14	10	5			30
1987	29	SFO		11	2	1		1	12
Career				102	70	27	15	1	258
5 yrs		BUF		64	58	21	15		216
2 yrs		SFO		25	12	6		1	42

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls 1980 1981 1983	Rushing Att 1980 NFL 306 (4) Career 1309 (92)	Rushing Yds 1980 NFL 1185 (6) 1982 NFL 633 (6) Career 5356 (88)	Rushing TD 1980 NFL 11 (3) Career 27 (200)
Long Rush 1982 NFL 62 (5)	Yds/Rushing Att 1982 NFL 4.7 (4) Career 4.1 (185)	Rushing Yds/Game 1980 NFL 74.1 (7) 1982 NFL 90.4 (1) Career 52.5 (99)	Touchdowns 1980 NFL 12 (5)
Rushing/Receiving TD 1980 NFL 12 (5)	Non-Offensive TDs 1987 NFL 1 (6)	Yds From Scrimmage 1980 NFL 1600 (6) 1981 NFL 1700 (8) 1983 NFL 1655 (6) Career 7555 (174)	All-Purpose Yds 1980 NFL 1793 (5) 1983 NFL 1655 (7) Career 8938 (163)
Touches 1980 NFL 389 (1-- 54) Career 1618 (82)	Kick Returns 1988 NFL 41 (1)	Kick Return Yds 1988 NFL 863 (3)	Kick Return TD 1987 NFL 1 (2-- 57) Career 1 (107)
Long Kick Return 1987 NFL 92 (4)	Kick & Punt Return Yds 1988 NFL 863 (6)	Fumbles 1980 NFL 16 (1-- 14) 1981 NFL 12 (6) Career 51 (110)

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary

1980 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1980 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1981 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1983 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1983 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.

Fantasy

Glossary · ·

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1980	22	16	RB	233	140	3	6
1981	23	15	RB	236	120	7	12
1982	24	7	RB	89	13	19	52
1983	25	16	RB	226	100	7	21
1985	27	10	RB	60		61
1986	28	14	RB	124		27
1987	29	11	RB	43		66
1988	30	13	RB	2		129
				1013	373

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